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June 2009

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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Douglas W. Leonard, Senior Economist

Statewide initial claims increased both over the month (1.7%) and over the year (185.6%). The over the month percentage increase was in line with the prior 11 year historic average.
Percent Change Claims Filed
INITIAL CLAIMS
Claims Filed
Apr_09
Apr_09
Apr_09
Mar_09
Apr_08
Mar_09
Apr_08
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  5,483  5,391  1,920 1.7 185.6
Goods-Producing  2,502  2,897     673 -13.6 271.8
   Natural Resources and Mining (11,21)  1,033  1,302     158 -20.7 553.8
      Mining (21)  1,002  1,267     135 -20.9 642.2
         Oil & Gas Extraction (211)       74     141        7 -47.5 957.1
   Construction (23)  1,235  1,364     438 -9.5 182.0
   Manufacturing (31 - 33)     234     231       77 1.3 203.9
Service-Providing  2,332  1,906     998 22.4 133.7
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (22,42,44-45,48-49)     694     727     294 -4.5 136.1
      Wholesale Trade (42)     136     135       49 0.7 177.6
      Retail Trade (44 - 45)     326     276     138 18.1 136.2
      Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities (22,48 - 49)     232     316     107 -26.6 116.8
   Information (51)       27       15       13 80.0 107.7
   Financial Activities (52, 53)       79     119       36 -33.6 119.4
   Professional and Business Services (54-56)     338     284     101 19.0 234.7
   Educational and Health Services (61-62)     144     166       70 -13.3 105.7
   Leisure and Hospitality (71-72)     929     508     436 82.9 113.1
   Other Services, except Public Admin. (81)     121       87       48 39.1 152.1
Government     208     194     120 7.2 73.3
   Federal Government       62       65       49 -4.6 26.5
   State Government       30       22       16 36.4 87.5
   Local Government     116     107       55 8.4 110.9
      Local Education       19       18       13 5.6 46.2
Unclassified     441     394     129 11.9 241.9
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     449     532     308 -15.6 45.8
Goods-Producing     172     232     109 -25.9 57.8
   Construction (23)     146     186       92 -21.5 58.7
Service-Providing     218     243     168 -10.3 29.8
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (22,42,44-45,48-49)       87       91       75 -4.4 16.0
   Financial Activities (52, 53)        8       13        5 -38.5 60.0
   Professional and Business Services (54-56)       44       39       30 12.8 46.7
   Educational and Health Services (61-62)       28       33       24 -15.2 16.7
   Leisure and Hospitality (71-72)       43       55       23 -21.8 87.0
Government       33       35       21 -5.7 57.1
Unclassified       26       22       10 18.2 160.0
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     687     773     199 -11.1 245.2
Goods-Producing     342     443       96 -22.8 256.3
   Construction (23)     137     227       54 -39.6 153.7
Service-Providing     314     299       93 5.0 237.6
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (22,42,44-45,48-49)     129     137       34 -5.8 279.4
   Financial Activities (52, 53)       16       22        5 -27.3 220.0
   Professional and Business Services (54-56)       47       49       16 -4.1 193.8
   Educational and Health Services (61-62)       21       24       11 -12.5 90.9
   Leisure and Hospitality (71-72)       55       36       16 52.8 243.8
Government       16        6        7 166.7 128.6
Unclassified       15       25        3 -40.0 400.0

aAn average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.

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